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Newest in this topic

  1. The effectiveness of a motivational enhancement smartphone application promoting lifestyle improvement for brain health: A randomized controlled trial 2022-06-30
  2. Effect of Lactobacillus dominance modified by Korean Red Ginseng on the improvement of Alzheimer's disease in mice 2021-11-11
  3. Active immunization with tau epitope in a mouse model of tauopathy induced strong antibody response together with improvement in short memory and pSer396-tau pathology 2019-10-17

Studies

5 studies carry this tag.

Date range

2014 to 2022

Top journals

  • Expert opinion on drug discovery 1
  • Journal of ginseng research 1
  • Neurobiology of disease 1
  • PloS one 1
  • SAGE open medicine 1

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  1. The effectiveness of a motivational enhancement smartphone application promoting lifestyle improvement for brain health: A randomized controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. PloS one 2022-06-30 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Multidomain lifestyle modification is considered an effective intervention for dementia prevention due to its multifactorial nature.

  2. Effect of Lactobacillus dominance modified by Korean Red Ginseng on the improvement of Alzheimer's disease in mice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of ginseng research 2021-11-11 Biomarkers

    KRG administration showed the Lactobacillus dominance in the gut microbiota.

  3. Active immunization with tau epitope in a mouse model of tauopathy induced strong antibody response together with improvement in short memory and pSer396-tau pathology

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Neurobiology of disease 2019-10-17 Drug development

    Abnormal tau hyperphosphorylation and its aggregation into neurofibrillary tangles are a hallmark of tauopathies, neurodegenerative disorders that include Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  4. Have there been improvements in Alzheimer's disease drug discovery over the past 5 years?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Expert opinion on drug discovery 2018-04-01 Treatments

    Areas covered: A massive scrutiny of AD-related PubMed publications (ps)(2013-2017) identified 42,053ps of which 8,380 (19.60%) were associated with AD treatments.

  5. Family history of Alzheimer's disease limits improvement in cognitive function after bariatric surgery

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. SAGE open medicine 2014-06-17 Cognitive tests and assessment

    Family history of Alzheimer's disease may limit post-surgery cognitive benefits.

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